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Saudi Arabia to send its first female astronaut into Space

Saudi Arabia will send its first female astronaut into space later this year, according to state media, in the latest attempt to improve the kingdom’s ultra-conservative image. Rayyana Barnawi will travel to

Feb. 14, 2023

Saudi Arabia becomes latest country to develop nuclear technology for `peaceful use’

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s minister of energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman has said the kingdom is working to enhance its abilities in the nuclear technology sector and its regulatory aspects. Prince was speaking

Sep. 27, 2022

Watch: Saudi forces drag, beat women in orphanage; video goes viral

RIYADH: Saudi authorities have launched an investigation after videos of security forces beating women at an orphanage surfaced on social media. Saudi Press Agency reported that the governor of the Asir region

Sep. 1, 2022

Saudi Arabia warns: ‘Won’t bear any responsibility for high oil prices’

Saudi Arabia said Monday that it “won’t bear any responsibility“ for a shortage in global oil supplies after a fierce barrage of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels affected production in the kingdom,

Mar. 22, 2022

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Saudi minister says nuclear armament against Iran ‘an option’

Riyadh : Saudi Arabia reserves the right to arm itself with nuclear weapons if regional rival Iran cannot be stopped from making one, the kingdom’s minister of state for foreign affairs has

Nov. 18, 2020

Saudi Arabia suspends flights to and from India due to rising Covid-19 cases

NEW DELHI: The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has suspended travel to and from India in wake of the increasing number of Covid-19 cases here. Besides

Sep. 23, 2020

Pakistan Army Chief arrives in Saudi Arabia amid strained ties on Kashmir

Amid the ongoing strained relationship between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia over Kashmir, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has met Saudi Arabia’s military chief of staff General Fayyad bin Hamid

Aug. 18, 2020

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Foreign labourers work on the construction of a house in Riyadh [Credit: Getty Images]

Saudi industry fires expats, hires citizens

Saudi Arabia’s industrial sector has fired more than 1,900 foreign workers and hired almost 500 Saudi citizens in a drive to replace its large expat workforce with the Kingdom’s nationals. Minister of

Aug. 13, 2020

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Saudi holds back oil to Pak after Qureshi’s nudge on Kashmir

Islamabad, Aug 8: Saudi Arabia has halted the provision of oil on loan for Pakistan after the Imran Khan government threatened to split the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) over Kashmir. Hit

Aug. 9, 2020

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COVID19: Saudi Arabia bars international pilgrims for Hajj

Saudi Arabia has banned international visitors from making the Islamic pilgrimage, or Hajj, this year in a bid to control coronavirus. Only a very limited number of people currently living in the

Jun. 23, 2020

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